Starch pan for wringers



1932- w. c. LAIRD 1,882,364

STARCH PAN FOR WRINGERS Filed April 6. 1951 Patented Oct. 11, 1932UNITED STATES WARREN O. LAIRD, OF ALGONA, IOWA STARCH PAN FOB, WRINGERSApplication filed April 6,

The object of my invention is to provide a starch pan for wringers whichis simple, durable and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

A further object of my invention 1s to provide a pan especially adaptedfor use with clothes wringers of washing machines, with a novel meansfor supporting the pan relative to the wringer so that it can beconveniently detached therefrom or attached thereto in position toreceive the starchy water wrung from the clothing and in convenientposition with respect to the wringer for the purpose of dousing theclothing in the starch and then feeding it to the wringer.

More particularly, it is my object to pro vide a starch pan for wringershaving a bottom, front and rear walls and side walls. with a pair ofhooks pivoted to the side walls of the starch pan and adapted to coactwith parts of the wringer frame for the purpose of supporting the panrelative to the wrin er.

A further object is to pivot the supporting hooks to the starch pan atpoints on the side walls closer to the front wall than the back wall,whereby the front wall may engage an under surface of the wringer frameand tho overhanging portion of the starch pan, with the supporting hooksas a pivot, will cause firm engagement of the front wall with thewringer frame for thus rigidly supporting the starch pan in a mostadvantageous posi-' tion with respect to the wringer.

With these and other obiects in view my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of mydevice. whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a back elevation of a wringer and of my starch pan attachedthereto.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1showing the coaction of the starch pan with the wringer.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the supporting hangerarms for the starch pan connected with a feeder board of the wringer.

1931. Serial No. 527,979. 4

" Figure 4 is an end elevation of the wringer shown in Figure 3 and avertical sectional view of the starch pan.

Figure 5 is a similar sectional view showing still a different methodfor attaching the supporting hanger arms to the wringer frame.

Figure 6 is a rear elevation of another type of wringerframe showing thestarch pan hanger coacting with a notch therein;

and for reversing its operation. A wringer drive shaftis indicated at14.

The wringer A has end members 16 and feeder boards 18, the shapes ofwhich are best shown in Figure 2 of the drawing. The wringer rolls areindicated at 20 and 22.

My starch pan construction B comprises a pan having a bottom 24, a frontwall 26, a back wall 28 and side walls 30. Hanger arms 32 are pivoted tothe side walls 30 by loops, which extend through perforations 34 in theside walls 30. The upper ends of the hanger arms 32 are hooked, asindicated at 36.

The hanger arms 32, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, extend up over theouter surface of one of the feeder boards 18 and the hooks 36 extendover the upper edge thereof. It will be noted that the perforations 34are relatively closer to the front wall 26 than they are to the backwall 28. The front wall 26 is adapted to engage an under surface of thewringer frame and the overhanging portion of the starch pan, especiallywhen starchy water 38 is contained therein, effectively maintainsengagement between the frontwall 26 and the wringer frame. Thus by meansof the pair of hanger arms 32 and the weight of the starchy water 38,the starch pan is rigidly positioned with respect to the wringer frame.

It will be noted that the position of the starch pan is such thatclothing can be doused in the starchy water 38 and then lifted up overthe feeder board 18 and wrung between the rolls 20 and 22. The starchywater wrung from the clothing will flow down a drain board 40 and backintoithe starch pan B, thus economizing in the use of the starch.

It is thus obvious that from a convenience and economy standpoint, thestarch pan issupported in the most desirable and advantageous positionwith respect to the wringer and may be easily disconnected therefrom orapplied thereto.

' In Figures 3 and 4, I have illustrated hanger arms 32a having hooks36a, which are adapted to engage a pivoted-type of feeder" board 40 on adifferent type of wringer A.

The front wall 28 engages under a drain board 42 of this type ofwringer. The rolls of this type of wringer are indicated as 20a and 22a.2 This particular type of wringer has a flange 44 provided with anopening-4 (see Figure As shown inFigure 5, a hanger arm 326 may have ahook 3% adapted to engage in the opening 46. I have been referring toonly one hanger arm in Figures 3, 4 and 5, but it will be understoodthat the hanger arm at the other end of the wringer is identical.

In Figure 6, a hanger arm 320 is illustrated having a hook end 360. Thehook 360 engages with a notch 48 formed in the frame of the wringer A. y

Figure 7 shows an end view of the wringer A illustrating how the hangerarms 2320 extend along the frame of the wringer and en gage with thenotch 48. V

The front wall 26 of the starch pan B engages the bottom of this wringerframe and extends over a rotatable drain spout 50 extending downwardlyfrom the wringer.

I have shown several different types of wringer frames and hanger armshaving each a slightly differentishape for coaction with the differentwringer frames. It will therefore be obvious that my device can be madefor any type of wringer by merely providing the necessary shape ofhangerarm. In each instance, the starch pan B is the same and overhangsthe same way for the short portion of the starch pan to engage a bottomsurface of the wringer and the long overhanging-portion maintaining suchengagement.

The shape of the starch pan can be modified if desired and other changesmay be made without departing from the real spirit and purpose of myinvention and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modifiedforms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may bereasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination with a clothes wringer, a device of the classdescribed comprising. a starch pan having a bottom, a front wall, a

back wall and side walls, hanger arms therefor, each having an upper endattached to the frame of said wringer and a lower end pivoted to saidside walls of said starch pan at points spaced closer to the front wallthan to the back wall thereof, the upper edge of said front wall beingadapted for engagement with a bottom surface of the frame of thewringer.

2. In combination with a clothes wringer, a: device of the classdescribed comprising a starch pan having a bottom, and walls, hangerarms therefor, each having an upper end attached to the frame of saidwringer and a lower end pivoted'to said walls of said starch pan at apoint closer to one side than the other thereof whereby starchthereinwill tend to tip said pan about its pivotal connections with saidhanger'arms and thereby keep the lesser side of said pan against abottom surface of the frame of said wringer.

3. In adeviceof'the class described, a pan and a pairof hanger armsconstituting the sole means ofsupport' therefor and'having lower endspivoted thereto closerto one side than to the other thereofsaid hangerarms having upper ends provided with hooks for attachment'with the frameof a wringer, and being of such'length whereby when the lesser portionthereof is-engaged with said wringer the pan is rigidly supported inlevel position.

WARREN C. LAIRD. I

